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For me, Deck 5 has always been a favourite. Her I can walk, sit, enjoy nature, have a nap, a beer, take pictures. I do not like the often windful and – in summer – overfilled Deck 7. On Deck 5 I often take pictures which involves Hurtigrutens Post flag. Here is a selection:

Nordlys, Helgelandskysten, June 1998:

Nordnorge; Storfjorden, heading for Geiranger, April 2003:

Nordnorge; Storfjorden, from Geiranger and back to Ålesund:

Polarlys: Romantic moment on Romsdalsfjorden, July 1997:

Nordlys: Stokksundet, September 2012:

And then, from Lofotens boat deck, with Alden in the background:

Regards; Sigve.
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IF I WIN IN LOTTO, I COULD GO EVERYWHERE. WITH FRAM....

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Early June morning, 1996, southbound Nordkapp departs Måløy. The picture was taken from Måløybrua. At this time, Nordkapp had been in service just a few months, she was named by the Queen in March that year, together with Polarlys (the Double Naming) in Ulsteinvik.

(Nikon, Fuji Velvia film)

Regards; Sigve.
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IF I WIN IN LOTTO, I COULD GO EVERYWHERE. WITH FRAM....

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Autumn evening at sea. The sun sets at Buadjupet, the outer part of Harøyfjorden between Bud and Bjørnsund, north of Molde, just as Polarlys came in from Hustadvika. The picture is taken from the upper deck of Polarlys (the deck where we are not allowed, but where we sneak to take such pictures when nobody see us…).

September 1996. (Fuji Velvia film)

Regards; Sigve.
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IF I WIN IN LOTTO, I COULD GO EVERYWHERE. WITH FRAM....

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In the weekends I'm usually in a good mood, and therefore there is an X-tra today:

Shop talk

I know that many of you are very interested in photographic tools, cameras and gear. For you I have assembled this collection of my favorite equipment:
Beeing a semi-pro - a photographer/journalist - I am well equipped, but not in the highest professional price class.

My workhorses are the Canon EOS 5D Mk III and EOS 6D bodies, both with battery packs. (The 6D has both Wifi and GPS, and how could I do without?). To these I have the 4/17-40, 4/24-105, 4/70-200 and 4/300 lenses. I also have Canon 20/28/35 mm primes, and Sigma macros 70 and 150. I eagerly await the Canon EOS 6D Mk II.

In the new digital era the high ISO-performance is so good that I feel I do not need to use the fastest, heaviest and most expensive lenses, not even for sports.

Up to 2005/6 I used Nikon, using almost every analogue and digital body from the famous Nikon F2 and up to the D3s, with a battery of lenses, including the new 2,8/300. I carried great weight on my shoulders, those years…

If you ask me why I changed from Nikon to Canon it was because, at that time, white balance was an issue, and I considered Canon to be best at this point. Today I can’t tell any difference, and today it would be madness to switch back. So I’m living good with my Canon’s.

The last year I have used the Sony RX 100 II as my holiday camera. This is a wonderful little gem which gives me the most beautiful files, but its LCD screen is impossible in normal and bright daylight. You simply don’t see what you photograph. Point and shoot, literally, with no control at all.

My last addition is the Sony Alpha a6000. This is an experiment. A mirrorless DSLR which has drawn marvellous reviews. Much smaller and lighter than a normal DSLR, but with a viewfinder. 10 frames pr second! As a starter I have bought the Zeiss 4/16-70 lens. Then we have to see. I know of colleagues of mine who have parked their «normal» gear in the cupboard and is sporting this little thing exclusively.

PS: Since year 2000 I have been a member of the norwegian picture agency Samfoto, started in 1976 by a group of socially and politically conscientious norwegian photographers. The agency is now a part of NTB/Scanpix, the dominant norwegian news and picture agency. Nearly all the pictures I have shown in this thread, are available digitally from there. The original positive film dias are also parked there. Have a look at www.scanpix.no.Under "Redaksjonelt/Editorial" Samfoto has its own tag. To search and look is free and don’t require a username/password.

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Dear Sigve
I do like photography when it tries to capture and be witness to human activity.I am fan of US FSA photographers(Evans,Shahn...) Swedish Sune Jonsson, French Depardon,etc...
So your sentence "socially and politically concientious phtographers" echoes to my mind.I went to Samfoto but I'd like to know more about works and goals of your group.Are there links for that?

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Finnmarken, fully dressed, inbound, passing Dyna lighthouse, Oslo, April 2002, on her presentation cruise to The Orkneys, Hebrides, Isle of Man, Southampton, Amsterdam, Hamburg, Copenhagen and Oslo, after her delivery from Kleven Verft, Ulsteinvik. There she was named by Minister of Transport Torild Skogsholm April 4.

And then, leaving Oslo, bound for Bergen, April 18, 2002, where she took up her schedule April 20, 2002:

(Nikon, Fuji Velvia film)

Regards; Sigve.
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IF I WIN IN LOTTO, I COULD GO EVERYWHERE. WITH FRAM....

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